Oahu Beaches

Makaha Beach Park

Oahu

When surf's up here, it's spectacular: Monstrous waves pound the beach from October through April. This is the original home of Hawaii's big-wave surfing championship; surfers today know it as the home of Buffalo's Big Board Surf Classic, where surfers ride the waves on 10-foot-long wooden boards in the old Hawaiian style of surfing. Nearly a mile long, this half-moon gold-sand beach is tucked between 231-foot Lahilahi Point, which locals call Black Rock, and Kepuhi Point, a ...

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Swimming: Summer is the best time to hit this beach -- the waves are small, the sand abundant, and the water safe for swimming.

Surfing: When surf's up here, it's spectacular: Monstrous waves pound the beach from October through April.

Lifeguards: Yes

Restrooms: Yes

Parking: Yes

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